William Benson
vbacreations at gmail.com
Wed Jan 22 20:05:42 CST 2014
For some reason I replied to rocky and got a bounce as if there were some new ot list, as Rocky had in his addressess list dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com ..... On Jan 22, 2014 8:56 PM, "William Benson" <vbacreations at gmail.com> wrote: > > I just get so jeallous hearing people talk about VMs and I have no idea how to create them. > > I wonder, can one machine's restore point become a vm? The reason I ask is that I just got a brand new laptop and I want, before too much is added to it beyond basic stuff and all current windows updates, to have it capable to support VMs in its present "clean" condition. > > Honestly I don't mean to hijack rocky's thread, and if this question is sufficiently ay variance with issues he is facing I will be happy to repost it under another heading. > > On Jan 22, 2014 8:33 PM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Lists: >> >> I posted about this already but maybe I can make the problem clearer (as I >> have spent a few more hours futzing around to no avail). >> >> I got Oracle VM Virtual Box quite a while ago to play with but had no >> application at the time - just wanted to see what it was all about. >> >> I set up a Windows XP VM, cloned it and set up an Office 2007 VM. It had no >> problem establishing a network connection and sharing the host HD. >> >> Now I need to set up a W7 VM (or Vista) with Office 2010 and Office 2013. >> Problem is when I create a VM and install Vista or W7, there's no network >> connection. I'm pretty sure the VM has the adapter configured correctly - >> looks the same as the Devices dialog box on the XP VM. And I installed >> Guest Additions but I think that's to no avail if I haven't got a network >> connecting. >> >> But the OS (both Vista and W7) says no networks are available and I need to >> install driver software for my Ethernet controller. I'm stumped. >> >> Without a network connection I can't get to my host C drive, and of course, >> not to the internets for updates, etc. >> >> Any ideas on how to get these bad boys in the air? >> >> MMTIA >> >> Rocky >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com